Michelle Dockery is set to star in Netflix's upcoming survival thriller, Feral – and it sounds gripping.
Based on Shirley Conran's best-selling 1987 novel, Savages, the seven-part thriller follows four very different women fighting to survive in a tropical jungle.
With filming set to begin in Australia this year, find out all we know about the series below.
© WireImageWhat is Feral about?
Billed as a "thrilling, darkly funny story of adventure and survival," the series follows four women who find themselves thrust into danger while on a corporate holiday.
© Theo TennantThe synopsis reads: "Four very different women accompany their mining executive husbands on a corporate holiday to a beautiful but lethal tropical island. When the men's shady deals land them all in danger, the women must learn to survive the jungle – and each other. Can they put aside their differences, self-doubts and vanities to stay alive?"
Writer Jude Mack described the series as a "wild, messy journey of self-discovery.
© Kyle Galvin"It's a complete dream to be carrying Shirley Conran's torch alongside Hera and Netflix," Jude said, adding: "I can't wait for people to meet these funny, brutal, bold women. I'm obsessed with them and hope audiences will be too."
Who stars in Feral?
Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey, Godless) stars as Julia, alongside Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer) as Annie, Genevieve O'Reilly (Andor, My Brilliant Career) as Silvana, and Quintessa Swindell (Prime Target, Black Adam) as Suzy.
© Elizabeth WirjiaDolly de Leon (Triangle of Sadness, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed) will play Elena.
A release date has yet to be announced.
Michelle Dockery's busy diary
It's been a busy few weeks for Michelle, who recently returned to the stage for the first time in almost ten years.
The actress is currently starring in Ava Pickett's new play, Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy, at Theatre Royal Stratford. It marks her first stage role since Network at the National Theatre back in 2018.
Michelle stars opposite Laura Aikman (Gavin & Stacey), who makes her stage debut as Helen's childhood friend Cee.
© GettyBilled as a story about "friendship, motherhood, and what happens when the woman whose face started a war, returns home to finish it," the play chronicles the life of Helen of Troy in the aftermath of the Trojan War.
The synopsis reads: "Years after she walked out on her family, Helen has returned home after a war fought in her name. Her husband celebrates, her childhood friend Cee does not. Over the course of this first fragile night of peace time, wounds reopen, loyalties fracture and the true cost of a woman's choice to leave her life is made clear."
The play runs until Saturday 10 October, 2026.
